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John Wayne’s famous “True Grit” eyepatch is expected to fetch more than $35,000 at an upcoming auction. Wayne wore the iconic patch as Rooster Cogburn in the classic 1969 Western and again in 1975 sequel “Rooster Cogburn.”

He donated the patch to the Southern California Symphony Society in 1975 and wrote a letter to accompany the item, joking, “Now that my eye is better I’m happy to donate it to such a worthy cause... Wear it in good health!” Wayne famously credited the eyepatch for the Oscar he won for “True Grit,” joking, “If I’d known, I’d have put the patch on 35 years earlier.”

The patch will be auctioned online by Nate Sanders on May 29th.

A Canadian man who survived an attack by a black bear while he was sitting in an outhouse says he’ll close the door from now on.

Details of 65-year-old Gord Shurvell’s near-fatal encounter Saturday emerged as he recovered from lclaw marks on his back and bite wounds to his shoulder and head. The hunter and fisherman from Winnipeg, Manitoba, was with a friend at a rural cabin near Sioux Lookout in northwestern Ontario when the attack happened.

Shurvell said he was sitting in the outhouse when the bear suddenly appeared. “I left the door open because I was enjoying the view, and I was so happy,” he said. The bear approached and grabbed his ankles. Shurvell said he wasn’t able to kick or defend himself well with his underwear and pants around his ankles.

The bear began dragging him into the forest as Shurvell screamed for his friend, Daniel Alexander, 63. Alexander rushed out with a rifle and distracted the bear so he could get a clear shot and not shoot Shurvell.

He shot the bear once in the head and killed it.

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